Store-service apparatus



"No. 608,594. Patented Aug. 9, I898.

J. H. GOODFELLOW.

STORE SERVICE APPARATUS.

(Application 'filed May 12, 1896.)

(No Model.)

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-JOllN II. GOODFELLOWV, OF LOIVELL, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR TO THELAMSON CONSOLIDATED STORE SERVICE COMPANY, OF NEW JERSEY.

STORE-SERVICE APPARATUS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 608,594, dated August9, 1898. Application filed May 12,1896. Serial No. 591,307. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern: the way and in closeproXimity thereto. ItsBe it known that I, JOHN H. GOODFELLOW, other end is secured in anysuitable manner. of Lowell,in the county of Middlesexand StateIntermediate of the ear e and the lug e an of Massachusetts, haveinvented a new and engaging spring G-is secured to the separat- 5 usefulImprovement in Store-Service Aping-block.

paratus, of which the following, taken in con- A coupling mechanism ismounted on the nection with the accompanying drawings, is guide-rods 0above the separating-block. It a specification. consists of thelatch-body H, movably mount- This invention relates to improvements ined on the guide-rods, and the latch h, pivoted IO that class ofstore-service apparatus in which to the face of the body. The latch hasa the carrier engages with a way and a propelhooked end projecting belowthe body adaptling-wire and is moved by the separation of ed to engagewith the recessed ear (2 of the the same. It relates more particularlyto the separating-block. A leaf-spring 7t is secured mechanism forspreading the way and the to the body and bears on the said hooked end r5 propellingwire. It has forits object the proof the latch to normallyhold the same in an vision of a mechanism that is simple inconengagingposition. The other end of thelatch struction, easy ofoperation, and efficient in extends above the body in a position to beits purpose. struck by the trip 7L2, adj ustably mounted on Theinvention consists in the novel 0011- the guide-rods, when the body ismoved up- 2o struction, combination, and arrangement of ward. Projectingfrom the rear of the latchparts, such as will be hereinafter fullydebody is the lug h having a socket formed scribed, pointed out in theappended claims, therein. A cord I, with a knotted end seated andillustrated in the accompanying drawin the said socket, leads through anopening ings. in the foot I) and has attached to its free end z 5 In theaccompanying drawings, in which the handle '6. similar letters ofreference designate corre- A spring mechanism normally holds thesponding parts, Figure 1 is a side elevation latch-body in an elevatedposition on the of a device embodying the invention. Fig. guide-rods. Itconsists of an elastic cord 2 is a front elevation of the same. J,looped under the lug 7L3 and secured at its 0 Referring to the drawings,A designates the ends in the outer ends of the arms 7' of the way ortrack on which the carrier travels. bracket 7' adj ustably mounted onthe stand It is secured at one end to the foot I) of the ard B near theupper end of the latter.

standard B, and at the other end it is secured A carrier K is mounted onthe wayA and the in any manner suitable in the premises. propellingwireF. It consists, essentially, 3 5 From the foot Z) project the arms I),having of the casing 70, the wheels is, journaled besockets b formed intheir outer ends. tween the sides of the casing, and the re- Guide-rodsO are seated at their lower ends ceiver 10 secured to the casing. Thewheels in the sockets b and are secured at their are arranged in pairsone above the other and upper ends in the bracket D. The latter hasabove and below the way and the propellingo arms d,with openings dformed in their outer wire. 7

ends through which the guide-rods pass. It The operation of the deviceis as follows:

is to be observed that the guide-rods are in- Assuming the parts to bein the relative poclined at their upper ends toward the direcsitionsshown in Fig. 1, the operator by means tion from which the wayapproaches. of the cord I draws the latch-body H down- 5 5 Aseparating-block E is mounted on the ward against the action of thespring J until guide-rods O and is'movable thereon. From thespring-pressed latch 71 engages with the its upper end a recessed ear eextends, and ear 6 of the separating-block E. After the from its lowerend an apertured lug a prolatch-body and separatingblock are coupledjects. To the apertured lug is secured an the operator releases thecord, and the spring. 50 end of the propelling-wire F. In its normal J,retracting, moves the coupled latch-body position the wire issubstantially parallel with and the scparatingblock to the upper ends ofV 2 eos,'594.

the guide-rods O. In its upward movement the separating-block carrieswith it the propelling-wire, and thereby progressively separates thelatter from the way. Through the action of the spring the movement ofthe wire is somewhat sudden, and by the spreading apart of the twomembers-the way and the wirethe wire bears against the upper pair ofwheels and the way bears against the lower pair. The progressivespreading apart of the two members back of the carrier propels thelatter forward. In the upward movement of the latch-body the latch hstrikes the trip 72,2

and is thereby released from engagement with the separating-block, andthe latter by reason of gravity moves downward on the guiderods andresumes its normal position. As the trip IL2 is adjustable on theguide-rods C, it can be placed to act sooner or later, as circumstancesmay require. The adjustable bracket j allows the spring-cord J, attachedto it, to be regulated to act with more or less force.

The engaging spring G acts as a buffer to stop the carrier and alsoserves to retain it at l tances between the ends of the guides and the fopposite end of the wire the same, or prac-j tically so.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secureby Letters Iatcut, is-

1. In a store-service apparatus, the combination of a way, apropelling-wire, a carrier adapted to engage said way and said wire andI to be propelled by the separation of the same,

a separating-block connected with said wire, a coupling mechanism forengaging with said block, and means for moving said coupling mechanism.

2. In a store-service apparatus, the combination of a way, apropelling-wire, a carrier adapted to engage said way and said wire andto be propelled by the separation of the same, a separating-blockconnected with said wire, a spring-pressed coupling mechanism forengaging with said block, and means for moving said coupling mechanism.

In a store-service apparatus, the combination of a way, apropelling-wire, a carrier adapted to engage said way and said wire andto be propelled by the separation of the same, a separating-blockconnected with said wire, a latch-body, a latch for coupling said bodyand said block, and means for moving said body.

4. In a store-service apparatus, the combination of a way, apropelling-wire, a carrier adapted to engage said way and said wire andto be propelled by the separation of the same, a separating-blockconnected with said wire, a sliding latch-body, a latch for couplingsaid body with said block, a spring normally holding said body away fromsaid block, and means for moving said body against the action of saidspring.

5. In a store-service apparatus, the combination of a way, apropelling-wire, a carrier adapted to engage said way and said wire andto be propelled by the separation of the same, a separating-blockconnected with said wire, a coupling mechanism for engaging with saidblock, means for moving said coupling mechanism into engagement withsaid block, and a tripping mechanism for disengaging said couplingmechanism and said block.

6. In a store-service apparatus, the combination of a way, apropelling-wire, a carrier adapted to engage said way and said wire andto be propelled by the separation of the same, a guide, aseparating-block movably mounted on said guide and connected with saidwire, a coupling mechanism movably mounted on said guide for engagingwith said block, a spring normally holding said coupling mechanism awayfrom said separatingblock, means for moving said coupling mechanismagainst the action of said spring to engage with said block, and anadjustable tripping mechanism for disengaging said coupling mechanismfrom said block.

'7. In a store-service apparatus, the combination of a Way, apropelling-wire, a carrier adapted to engage said way and said wire andto be propelled by the separation of the same, a guide, aseparating-block movably mounted on said guide and connected with saidwire, a latch-body movably mounted on said guide, a latch carried bysaid body and adapted to connect the same with said block, means formoving said latch-body, and a trip adj ustably mounted on said guide andadapted to operate said latch to release said block.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification, in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses, on this 4 th day of May, A. I).1896.

JOHN H. GOODFELLOYV.

Witnesses W. E. BARNARD, WM. RonmsoN.

